What if your body has been guiding you all along?

In this episode of the 1 in 3 Podcast, Ingrid sits down with Tara, a domestic violence survivor and intuitive healer, to explore how rebuilding self-trust after abuse begins in the body. We talk about nervous system regulation, energetic boundaries, and how to tell the difference between intuition and trauma-driven fear.

Tara shares her personal journey of carrying guilt and shame while helping others heal—and how the loss of her sister became a turning point in reclaiming her voice. Together, we unpack how early conditioning teaches many women to override their instincts, silence discomfort, and keep the peace at any cost.

You’ll learn:

• How to rebuild intuition after domestic violence
• The difference between ego urgency and calm inner knowing
• A simple body-lean practice to test your intuition
• Tara’s daily GCP method (ground, clear, protect) to reduce overwhelm
• Signs your energy is being drained in relationships
• How nervous system healing supports trauma recovery

Whether you’re navigating an abusive relationship, healing from long-term stress, or learning to trust yourself again, this conversation offers practical tools you can use immediately.

You are worthy of love, safety, and a life that feels like yours.

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Tara’s Links:

https://www.1in3podcast.com/guests/tara-wiskow/

https://tara-wiskow.com/

https://www.facebook.com/BeTheChangeYouNeedToday

https://www.instagram.com/tara.wiskow/

https://www.tiktok.com/@tara_wiskow?_t=ZP-8tpbnaXsGkR&_r=1

1 in 3 is intended for mature audiences. Episodes contain explicit content and may be triggering to some.

Support the show

If you are in the United States and need help right now, call the national domestic violence hotline at 800-799-7233 or text the word “start” to 88788.

Contact 1 in 3:

• Send your emails to 1in3podcast@gmail.com
• Follow on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok @1in3podcast
• Check out the website https://www.1in3podcast.com/

Thank you for listening!

Cover art by Laura Swift Dahlke
Music by Tim Crowe

Power doesn’t always leave a bruise.

In Episode 109 of the 1 in 3 Podcast, negotiation professor and relationship scientist Dr. Merideth Thompson breaks down the subtle but devastating patterns of emotional abuse, financial control, and gaslighting — and how they slowly erode self-trust.

We explore:

• Early signs of emotional control
• How gaslighting creates chronic self-doubt
• The hidden impact of financial abuse
• Why accountability is a clear marker of a safe partner
• Trauma-aware documentation strategies
• Rebuilding financial independence after years of control
• The 90-day rule for safer dating after abuse

Dr. Thompson blends research and lived experience to explain how relationships slide from “something feels off” to full coercive control — and how to interrupt that pattern early.

She is the founder of Partner Lab, a research-based company that uses data from relationship psychology to help people navigate relationship decision-making. Instead of relying on guesswork, Partner Lab applies evidence-based relationship science to provide practical tools for identifying healthy and unhealthy relationship dynamics.

She also serves on the Survivor Advisory Board of Finability, a nonprofit that helps financially empower domestic abuse survivors.

Healing is possible. When control ends, life expands.

If this episode resonates, share it with someone who needs clarity, subscribe for more survivor-centered conversations, and leave a review to help others find the show.

Your story might be the lighthouse someone else is searching for.

Merideth’s Links:

https://www.1in3podcast.com/guests/merideth-thompson-co/

https://www.mypartnerlab.co/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/merideth-j-thompson/

https://www.tiktok.com/@merideththompsonphd

https://www.mypartnerlab.co/

https://www.finability.org/

1 in 3 is intended for mature audiences. Episodes contain explicit content and may be triggering to some.

Support the show

If you are in the United States and need help right now, call the national domestic violence hotline at 800-799-7233 or text the word “start” to 88788.

Contact 1 in 3:

• Send your emails to 1in3podcast@gmail.com
• Follow on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok @1in3podcast
• Check out the website https://www.1in3podcast.com/

Thank you for listening!

Cover art by Laura Swift Dahlke
Music by Tim Crowe

Reproductive coercion isn’t a misunderstanding — it’s abuse. In this episode of 1 in 3, Lynn joins Ingrid to break down how pregnancy pressure, sabotaged birth control, stealthing, and financial control strip away autonomy long before survivors recognize what’s happening.

We move beyond headlines to define reproductive coercion in real life:

• Stealthing and condom removal without consent
• Birth control sabotage
• Withholding money for abortion or prenatal care
• Guilt disguised as romance
• Pregnancy used as a control tactic

But coercion rarely ends there. Lynn explains how abuse escalates into financial abuse, post-separation abuse, and custody retaliation. We discuss how family court systems sometimes mislabel protective parents as “alienators,” how mandated reporters fail to act, and why children’s disclosures are too often minimized.

Lynn serves on the National Domestic Violence Hotline’s Southern Regional Advisory Committee and leads a Knowledge Exchange focused on legal literacy for survivors. Her policy goal: codify reproductive coercion in Texas and treat stealthing as sexual assault under the law.

This conversation offers:
✔ Clear definitions of reproductive abuse
✔ Practical steps for documentation
✔ Legal literacy tools for survivors
✔ How to find trauma-informed support
✔ How to teach teens about coercive control

If you’ve ever wondered whether pregnancy pressure “counts,” this episode gives language to what many families endure in silence.

Subscribe, leave a review, and share with someone who needs vocabulary for what they’ve lived.

Lynn’s Links:

https://www.1in3podcast.com/guests/lynn-stroud/

https://www.instagram.com/knowledge_exch_abuse_survivors

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynn-s-16878b6/

1 in 3 is intended for mature audiences. Episodes contain explicit content and may be triggering to some.

Support the show

If you are in the United States and need help right now, call the national domestic violence hotline at 800-799-7233 or text the word “start” to 88788.

Contact 1 in 3:

• Send your emails to 1in3podcast@gmail.com
• Follow on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok @1in3podcast
• Check out the website https://www.1in3podcast.com/

Thank you for listening!

Cover art by Laura Swift Dahlke
Music by Tim Crowe